Hopefully it'll get better support than the Orange Box did. I understand that fiasco was likely out of Valve's hands, but it still reflected poorly on them.
I'm surprised Sony is okay with this, as it could potentially erode whatever online purchase revenue they had. Wonder if Valve gets to do whatever they want with it, of if Sony imposed some limitations?
I'm happy that Valve and Sony have kissed and made up, but I'm still not sure about this relationship. I like my PC games on PC and my PS3 games on PS3. When will we know all the details, I wonder?
It would be amazing to download and play PC only games on the PS3! That would be amazing... imagine Total War, Football Manager, Doom 2! Running on a PS3 emulator. Awesome prospects. Come on steam! Oh and games that are just as cheap as iphone apps please
@Koreish why would that push back Portal 2? I highly doubt the push back and the development of Steam for PS3 are related in any way. Its very unlikely that they even share any of the same developers.
What would be awesome though... and I'm hoping is true, knowing Steam, is that I'll be able to play all the games I've already purchased. TF2, Half Life 2, Portal... this is all very exciting.
It would be amazing to download and play PC only games on the PS3! That would be amazing... imagine Total War, Football Manager, Doom 2! Running on a PS3 emulator. Awesome prospects. Come on steam! Oh and games that are just as cheap as iphone apps please
Does this mean all Valve games will run on the PS3 or just the games Valve wants to port? Do we know which games yet?
No, this will not mean all of Valve's games will run on PS3, nor does it imply that you'll be able to play PC games on your PS3. What it more likely means is that future Valve titles will use Steam for cross-platform multiplayer capability as well as a potential second store.
What would be awesome though... and I'm hoping is true, knowing Steam, is that I'll be able to play all the games I've already purchased. TF2, Half Life 2, Portal... this is all very exciting.
I'm hoping for the same thing: A purchase for one platform is a purchase for all platforms. It's hard to say whether this will happen though. It'll largely depend on Sony's willingness to allow Steam to operate as a store independent of the PSN Store.
@Koreish why would that push back Portal 2? I highly doubt the push back and the development of Steam for PS3 are related in any way. Its very unlikely that they even share any of the same developers.
Portal was scheduled to come out this year then they push it back for a big announcement which was Valve's and Sony's new relationship. I'd imagine that Valve still is the developer because Newell said it was going to be the best console version. Would you trust a third party to make it the best?
@Koreish I only meant different development teams, I should've been more clear. I'm sure all will be done under Valve's roof, it just seems that the two projects are different enough that they'd have different programmers. You could be right though, I'm no Valve expert.
Hopefully it'll get better support than the Orange Box did. I understand that fiasco was likely out of Valve's hands, but it still reflected poorly on them.
If I remember right the problem with the Orange Box was that Valve worked with EA to distribute the PS3/Xbox versions and when DLC was released EA wanted to charge for it while Valve wanted to offered it for free.
If I remember right the problem with the Orange Box was that Valve worked with EA to distribute the PS3/Xbox versions and when DLC was released EA wanted to charge for it while Valve wanted to offered it for free.
No, you're thinking of the Valve/Microsoft DLC issue which was another bunch of crap outside of Valve's control. EA actually did the PS3 port of Orange Box as well as distributed it.
dude.
they NEVER said STEAM was coming to PS3.
I have no idea where you got this from ?
Source: Gabe Newell at the Sony event for E3 2010 ~2:00 in.
He seems like a pretty reliable source seeing as how he co-founded Valve, but yeah, he was probably lying on stage.
LOL he never said steam is coming to psn. He said portal 2 will be coming to the ps3 with full steamcloud support. steamcloud is not the actual steam service. to simplify it basically any updates be it patches or dlc will come to the ps3 version day and date with pc/mac and this is why he said it will be the best console version because they will not have to have updates certified for the game like they will need to do on the 360 version.
WTF? Steamworks or Steamcloud as its called will be on PS3, NOT Steam itself. WOW dude you need to man up and say you where wrong, this whole damn article is broken. HTF? Did you even double check you info? Even after the other dude corrected you? WOW! FAKE
LOL he never said steam is coming to psn. He said portal 2 will be coming to the ps3 with full steamcloud support. steamcloud is not the actual steam service. to simplify it basically any updates be it patches or dlc will come to the ps3 version day and date with pc/mac and this is why he said it will be the best console version because they will not have to have updates certified for the game like they will need to do on the 360 version.
WTF? Steamworks or Steamcloud as its called will be on PS3, NOT Steam itself. WOW dude you need to man up and say you where wrong, this whole damn article is broken. HTF? Did you even double check you info? Even after the other dude corrected you? WOW! FAKE
Source: Gabe Newell at the Sony event for E3 2010 ~2:00 in.
He seems like a pretty reliable source seeing as how he co-founded Valve, but yeah, he was probably lying on stage.
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I'm surprised Sony is okay with this, as it could potentially erode whatever online purchase revenue they had. Wonder if Valve gets to do whatever they want with it, of if Sony imposed some limitations?
What would be awesome though... and I'm hoping is true, knowing Steam, is that I'll be able to play all the games I've already purchased. TF2, Half Life 2, Portal... this is all very exciting.
I'm hoping for the same thing: A purchase for one platform is a purchase for all platforms. It's hard to say whether this will happen though. It'll largely depend on Sony's willingness to allow Steam to operate as a store independent of the PSN Store.
Portal was scheduled to come out this year then they push it back for a big announcement which was Valve's and Sony's new relationship. I'd imagine that Valve still is the developer because Newell said it was going to be the best console version. Would you trust a third party to make it the best?
If I remember right the problem with the Orange Box was that Valve worked with EA to distribute the PS3/Xbox versions and when DLC was released EA wanted to charge for it while Valve wanted to offered it for free.
Who says Portal 2 will be released for the PC and PS3 at the same time?
they NEVER said STEAM was coming to PS3.
I have no idea where you got this from ?
What does Brian know?
He seems like a pretty reliable source seeing as how he co-founded Valve, but yeah, he was probably lying on stage.
And since there is suppose to be no cross platform support, Macs finally have a one up on something for gaming besides a graphing calculator.
Clearly that is doctored.